Broadcast area | Fauquier–Prince William County, Virginia |
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Frequency | 1420 kHz |
Branding | 1420 WKCW |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits [1] |
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History | |
First air date | December 7, 1957 [2] |
Former call signs | WKTF (1957–1960) [3] |
Technical information [4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 73190 |
Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°43′52.0″N77°46′42.0″W / 38.731111°N 77.778333°W |
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Public license information |
WKCW is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station at 1420 kHz on the AM band and is licensed to Warrenton, Virginia, serving Fauquier and Prince William counties in Virginia. [1] WKCW is owned and operated by Radio Companion, LLC. [5]
The station originally signed on the air in 1957 as WKTF and later changed to its current WKCW call sign in 1960. For most of its history, WKCW or "Big K Radio" was one of the nation's longest-running traditional country music stations. After running the country format from 1960 to 2003 [6] it was sold and switched to a spanish variety format in 2004. [7] [8] Over the years, the station went through a number of formats from spanish variety, gospel, news, oldies, adult hits to the current classic hits.
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